But he that hath no possession of these things, is blind, dim-sighted, sinking into oblivion of his purification from the sins of his former days.

Wherefore I will not be negligent continually to remind you of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the present truth.

and spared not the old world, but guarded safely Noah the eighth person, the preacher of righteousness, when he brought a deluge on the world of the ungodly:

having eyes full of adultery, and insatiable of sin; ensnaring souls of no stability; having a heart practised in all the wiles of covetousness; children for a curse:

THIS second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I rouse up your sincere mind by awakening your recollection

But we expect according to his promise new heavens and a new earth in which dwelleth righteousness.

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and unto the day of eternity. Amen.